ZIP 02493: $46.4 million on 38,135 FEC itemizations

Thirty-eight thousand lines, a $1,216 mean

$46,389,441 on 38,135 lines is a mid-list pattern. A mean near $1,216 can mix individual Schedule A rows with committee rows on the same five digits. FEC.gov does not label which of those categories produced the mean. LobbyVault reports the sum and the count. The typical line is not in this packet.

Thirty-eight thousand one hundred thirty-five itemizations is enough volume to be a real filing stream and small enough that a few large transfers still pull the mean. Do not read $1,216 as what a 02493 donor typically gives. No party share is attached to $46,389,441.

A mean near $1,216 on 38,135 lines sits above many volume ZIPs with similar dollars. That placement is filing shape, not a ranking of civic energy. Keep $46,389,441 and 38,135 in the same citation.

The 02493 field versus a neighborhood census

FEC contributor ZIPs are not geocoded to parcels. A committee that lists 02493 will post to this total if that is the ZIP on the form. Individuals who use a home, office, or seasonal address with the same digits can do the same. $46,389,441 is therefore not resident giving in 02493.

The 38,135-line count is an itemization count. Unique people are not totaled in this packet. Repeat gifts, reallocations, and memo items can inflate the line list without adding new contributors.

Researchers comparing 02493 to volume ZIPs with similar dollars should keep both packet facts in the same sentence. $46,389,441 without 38,135 hides whether the total is a long list or a short list. 38,135 without $46,389,441 hides scale. FEC.gov published both.

Boundaries of the $46,389,441 figure

Unitemized federal gifts are out. Massachusetts state-office campaigns are out. Independent expenditures by a committee filing a different ZIP are out even if the communication mentions a Boston-area race. Cite $46,389,441 only as itemized federal receipts tagged 02493 on FEC.gov.

Joint-fundraising restatements can move this ZIP. After a major amendment, use the live ZIP 02493 FEC page rather than this snapshot. Cycle windows and extract dates also matter. This prose is a snapshot of the aggregate indexed on LobbyVault.

Itemized-only scope still needs repeating. $46,389,441 never includes unitemized federal gifts and never includes Massachusetts state-office money. Mixing those systems with this ZIP total leaves FEC.gov. This page stays on itemized receipts tagged 02493.

Comparing 02493 to other ZIP totals

The all-ZIP directory ranks the same FEC series. 02493’s mean is higher than many ZIPs that show more than 100,000 lines and a similar dollar total. That comparison describes filing shape. It does not describe who is more politically active. FEC.gov publishes receipts, not activity scores.

Independent expenditures mentioning a race near 02493 can be paid by a committee with a different ZIP. Those disbursements do not move $46,389,441. Keep the series separate.

Cycle coverage in the underlying bulk files can span more than one election. This guide does not invent a cycle list because the packet does not include one. Treat $46,389,441 as the ZIP roll-up on the extract LobbyVault indexed, then confirm the live hub if you need a dated window.

How to follow the receipts

Open the ZIP 02493 FEC page for the current table. Use the all-ZIP directory to place $46,389,441 and 38,135 among other codes. Use the donor directory when you need names attached to itemized rows. Source for every dollar on this page: FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

The live hub can disagree with this snapshot after an amendment. When the numbers differ, the later FEC.gov extract controls. LobbyVault indexes; it does not freeze $46,389,441.

How to cite 02493 without inflating a neighborhood

The accurate sentence is: itemized federal receipts with contributor ZIP 02493 total $46,389,441 across 38,135 contributions, according to FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault. Office addresses can share the same five digits as homes. The packet does not split them.

Because unique donors are not in this packet, 38,135 stays a line count. Researchers who need persons must match names on the ZIP 02493 FEC page rather than dividing $46,389,441 by a guessed household count. The mean of about $1,216 is arithmetic only.

Title, H1, and table on the live hub should show the same $46,389,441 and 38,135 this guide cites. If they do not, the hub was rebuilt from a newer extract. Trust the hub over this paragraph.

Questions

How much federal campaign money is tied to ZIP 02493?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 02493 total $46,389,441 across 38,135 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. That figure is a ZIP roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean of about $1,216 follows from dividing those two packet facts.

How many FEC contributions are tagged to ZIP 02493?

LobbyVault counts 38,135 itemized contributions for ZIP 02493. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. Repeat gifts, redesignations, and memo entries can add rows without adding new donors. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure. The matching dollar total on the same extract is $46,389,441.

Does ZIP 02493 include only residents?

No. The ZIP is the five-digit contributor code on the FEC itemization. PAC mail drops, joint fundraising committees, and office addresses can be part of $46,389,441 when 02493 is what was filed. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 38,135-line count follows the same rule.

Where does LobbyVault get ZIP 02493 totals?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $46,389,441 and 38,135 lines for ZIP 02493. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.